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bordermarkers of the Pyrenees : all my trips
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saturday 16 april
2022 -
Redoing bm196 and bm145-155
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Summary:
part of a series of 10 daytrips in april 2022 in the Basque country,
mainly redoing bm085 to 197. This is day 8.
Today: after a short visit to bm196, a long trip to redo bm145-155.
Weather: foggy in the morning, full sunshine later.
Basecamp: camping Irouleguy in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry.
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Trip 1 - bm196
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On my way to Col de Lindus, I visit once again bm196.
On 31-5-2013 bm196 was found back underground by Jan-Willem and me.
It was later dug out and lifted above the ground. See this page for the full history.
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| The large venta-complex
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| where bm196 can be found at the NE-corner
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| Bm196
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| Bm196
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| Bm196
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| Bm196
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Then driving on to Col de Lindus.
A camino-walker is hitch-hiking and I bring her to Col d'Ibaneto. Hitch-hiking along the camino is not a sin, she tells me.
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Trip 2 - bm145-155 |
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From
Col de Lindus (bm155) I first walk to the farthest bordermarker (bm145)
and then work my way back to Col de Lindus along all bordermarkers.
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track-20220416-trip2.kml
(click to open this trip
in Google
Earth or copy link to Google Maps; click right on this
link to download gpx-version). The gps-track has not been
manually corrected which explains the
inaccuracy and misalignment at some points. For cartographic
backgrounds: see the cartography-page
Gps-waypoints of all bordermarkers (most recent version):
kml: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.kml
gpx: esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.gpx
(with elevation added by gpsvisualizer.com)
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According to Garmin
Basecamp (uncorrected track with elevation added by Gpsvisualizer.com):
Distance: 21,0km
Max-height: 1219m
Min-height: 553m
Elevation: +1583m -1584m
Total elevation: 3167m
Start 9:18 Finish 18:26
Total time: 9:08 |
| A foggy start from Col de Lindus.
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| Waysigns tell me about the sentier des Contrebandiers and I will use its waymarkings.
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| Via this col with bm152 I switch to the Spanish side on the sandy dirtroad.
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| Bm152
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| Still in the fog, I pass bm151.
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| Bm151, hardly visible but I will return here later on.
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| On this dirtroad
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| descending to this junction
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| and beyond the farm
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| and this bridge
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| I pick up a grassy track.
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| Further on a junction of two paths where
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| I bend sharply and continue uphilll
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| until this spot.
I leave the trail
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| and climb straight uphill through a field of weathered fern and after this patch of forest,
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| I arrive at this cabin.
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I camped here on 8-5-2009.
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| There is still a watertap at the backside.
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| From the cabin descending to the tarmac road and passing along the rock of bm147.
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| The winding road passes a remarkable enclosure, never seen before in the Pyrenees.
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| It's a sort of open air burial ground for dead cattle
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| which can be devoured by vultures.
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| Further on leaving the road to continue
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| on a (cattle) track
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| to bm145
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| Bm145
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| Bm145
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| Bm145
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| Bm145
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| Bm145
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| Bm145
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| From bm145 a trail climbs to the tarmac road and
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from there I curve along the hillside
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| to bm146.
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| Bm146
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| Bm146
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| Bm146
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| About 12m to the W there is a number 146
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| engraved on a rock.
The reason or origin is unknown.
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| Bm146 again.
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| At the E-side (10m) there is also
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| a number 146 (with a cross).
The reason or origin is unknown.
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| The eastern cross, looking to the pillar 146.
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| Bm146, last picture.
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| From bm146, the cabin which I visited earlier is visible.
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| I descend towards bm147.
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| First towards the tarmac road
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| and then climbing through the forest to the backside of the rock
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| with bm147.
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| Bm147
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| Bm147
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| Bm147
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| Then climbing to a dirtroad which brings me to bm148.
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| Bm148
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| Bm148
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| Bm148
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| Bm148
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| Bm148, looking in the direction
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| where I continue
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| to the cabin
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| where I have a lunch-break.
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| Then descending back how I came,
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| downhill
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| through this field of weathered fern.
In summertime this will be difficult to traverse.
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| A better route will be through this meadow.
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Let's show that on a map.
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| Back at the path
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| and back at the junction of the two trails.
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| Same sharp bend but now going back
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| to the bridge.
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| At the other side of the bridge picking up
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| this trail
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| which climbs gradually
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| to a higher level
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| until bm149 (cross and pillar) comes in sight.
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| The bordercross 149 to the left and the pillar 149 in front.
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| Bm149-pillar
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| Bm149-pillar
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| Bm149-pillar
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| Bm149-pillar
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| Bm149-cross
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| Bm149-cross
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| Bm149-cross
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| Both bm149-cross and bm149-pillar
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| Both bm149-pillar and bm149-cross.
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| Zoom-in to both bm149-pillar and bm149-cross
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| Then climbing steeply uphill
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| to the ridge
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| with at the top bm150.
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| Bm150
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| Bm150
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| Bm150
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| Looking back at the rocky outcrop where bm150 is.
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| On a trail traversing along the hillside to the dirtroad
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| and then continuing to bm151.
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| Bm151
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| Bm151
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| Bm151
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| Bm151
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| Bm151
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| Bm151
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| Continuing along the dirtroad
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| and climbing to
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| back to bm152.
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| Bm152
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| Bm152
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| Bm152
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| Bm152, looking forward to the hillside with
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| the route (Sentier des Contrabandiers)
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| to the remains of a fortification
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| with in the middle
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| bm153.
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| Bm153
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| Bm153
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| Bm153
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| Bm153
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| Bm153
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| At the other side of the hilltop descending
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| to bm154.
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| Bm154
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| Bm154, looking back
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| Bm154, looking forward.
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| Back at Col de Lindus with my car and
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| bm155.
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| Bm155
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| Bm155
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| Bm155, the last picture.
I drive back, immediately to Carlos and Conchita for another pleasant dinner and chatting.
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